Although it was rumored about and then announced back in November, MSI's Wind12 U230 has finally started to ship in North America. Based on AMD's second generation ultra-thin platform, the new Wind12 U230 features either an Athlon Neo MV-40 or Athlon X2 L335 CPU paired up with Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics.

The Wind12 U230 has 297x190x31mm dimensions and comes with a 12.1-inch screen with 1366x768 resolution. The rest of the specs include 2GB of memory, either a 250 or 320GB HDD, 802.11bgn WiFI, three USB ports, D-Sub and HDMI outputs, 1.3M webcam, and a 4-in-1 card reader.

Both SKUs that are currently available in the States feature a 6-cell battery and weigh around 1.5kg. Both the Wind12 U230-033US with Neo MV-40 CPU and 250GB of HDD and U230-040US with X2 L33 CPU and 320GB of HDD space are currently available at Newegg.com and MSIMobile.com with US $429.99 and US $479.99 price tags and one-year warranty.